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ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND 
THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN THE VARIOUS STATES 



HEARINGS 



BEFORE THE 



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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



ON THE BILL 



H. R. 18005 



APRIL 10, 1912 



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ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND THE 
INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN THE VARIOUS STATES. 



Committee on Agriculture, 

House of Representatives, 

Washington, April 10, 1912. 
Hon. John Lamb (chairman) presiding. 

STATEMEIfT OF EEPRESEIirTATIVE JOHIf A. MAGUIRE, OF 

NEBRASKA. 

Mr. Maguire. Mr. Chairman, I wish to call up for a hearing before 
the committee at this time a bill which I introduced, H. R. 18005. 
Mr. W. R. Mellor, of Lincoln, Nebr., is here, and would like to be 
heard on the bill, and I feel that the committee would profit by 
listening to him. He is secretary of the Nebraska State Board of 
Agriculture and also secretary of the National Association of State 
Fairs, and I know from his large and successful experience in managing 
State fairs that it will be a very great pleasure to listen to him. 
Before calling on Mr. Mellor I will make a few observations on the 
proposed legislation. 

Ihe bill is one providing that the Government shall appropriate for 
a building on each State fair grounds where the State itself through 
appropriation provides for the support of the State fair. I consider 
this a measure which will give a great impetus to the State exhibitions 
of not alone agricultural exhibits but exhibits of all kinds. The 
State fair in practically every State now has a permanent location 
with fixed plant and buildings, icr. l..'ellor and others associated 
with him had much to do with originating the ideas in the bill and 
much credit is due him for the program of education which he has 
carried on in promoting the proposed legislation. 

Fairs, State and county, are no longer limited by the original idea 
of an exhibit of farm products, but the exhibition is made up of every 
form of exhibits from the farm, factory, and mercantile establish- 
ments. In four or five days of a State fair quite a liberal education 
may be secured on what the progress of the year has brought for- 
ward, not alone in the State but in every line of human advancement 
over the whole country. 

A great meeting of this kind, with men from every part of the 
State, with the ideas and information gained and there exchanged 
for the information from every one else, certainly gives renewed 
inspiration to the people of the whole State. The benefits of such a 
meeting can not be fully calculated in tiie material and intellectual 
improvement of the State. 

The United States has expended millions in the past for the national 
and international exhibitions, when only a small fraction of the people 

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can attend, while in this measure, the United States is asked to 
cooperate with the States, on then' own fair grounds, in erecting 
somethino; permanent to aid in these exhibitions of material and 
educational development. Perhaps an average of 100,000 people 
annually attend each of these State fairs. We are moving in a line 
of agricultural extension and development very much these days. 
Not alone education and investigation, but demonstration as well is 
the keynote of our agricultural and material development. At no 
place is more of the field of demonstration apparent in all the lines 
of activity than at a well arranged and well managed State fair. 

Transportation facilities are now so complete and so well arranged 
in most of the States that attendance for a few days at a State fair 
becomes more and more a matter of recreation and schooling, w'ith 
but slight inconvenience and expense. 

I expect to do all possible to secure the consideration and passage 
of this bill, at an early date and have hopes that those interested will 
meet with success. Mr. Mellor comes to you from a large field of 
experience, and I will now yield to him. 

STATEMEI^T OF W. R. MELLOR, OF LIMCOLF, HEBR. 

Mr. Mellor. I realize we have but a few nhnutes to discuss this 
subject. Therefore I shall hold myself to the subject in hand. I do 
not know but what it will be advisable for me to take this time to 
read this bill. I presume some of you have read it. Still, if there is 
no objection, it will only take two minutes to read it. The bill is as 
follows : 

[H. R. 18005, Sixty-second Congress, second session.] 

A BILL To provide for the encouragement of agriculture, horticulture, and the industrial exhibits in 

the various States. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000, to be paid, 
as hereinafter provided, to each State for the purpose of promoting and encouraging 
the agricultural, horticultural, and industrial interests therein by means of the con- 
struction and erection of a suitable building to be used solely for the display of agri- 
culture, horticulture, machinery, or industrial exhibits. 

Sec. 2. That the appropriation herein made shall iniue only to the use of those States 
which now or hereafter shall by statute recognize and make appropriation toward the 
establishment and support of a State fair or exposition upon land owned by and under 
control of the State or a State board created by legislative enactment, and no money 
shall be paid out under this act to any State failing to comply with the above provisions. 

Sec. 3. That upon proof satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasmy being fur- 
nished by the governor of any State that said State has complied with the provisions 
of this act and is entitled to the use and enjoyment of said appropriation, the same 
shall then be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of the Treasury of the United 
States to the State treasurer of such State, who shall receive and set the same aside as 
a fund to be expended solely for the purpose provided for in this act. 

Sec. 4. That the appropriation herein made shall be expended for the pm-pose 
designated in this act within two years after the receipt thereof by the State accepting 
the same, and said building shall be completed within two years. A full and com- 
plete report of said building, setting forth the expenditures in detail, shall be made 
by the governor of said State upon completion of said building, one copy of which 
report shall be filed with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States and one 
copy with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. 

Sec. 5. That the Government of the United States hereby reserves not to exceed 
twenty per centum of the space within said building so erected for departrnental 
exhibits, providing not less than thirty days' notice is given prior to the opening of 
said fair or exposition. 

Sec 6. That the appropriation authorized by this act is made subject to the legis- 
lative assent of the several States to the piu-poses of this act. 



ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGEICULTUKE, ETC. 5 

Now, in order to expedite matters, I will just state my position in 
concise terms. 

Mr. Talcott. The idea of the bill is to appropriate $100,000 to 
each State ? 

Mr. Mellor. Yes, sir. 

Mr. Talcott. Not annual appropriation, but just once ? 

Mr. Mellor. Just once. 

Mr. Talcott. At one time ? 

Mr. Mellor. Yes. 

Mr. Maguire. You have some statistical data from different States 
to be distributed. The members of the committee might get a little 
idea from that data, just the importance of the various State fairs, 
and more particularly the business condition and standing of each. 

Mr. Mellor. I have a few here. 

One of the questions for this congressional Committee on Agri- 
culture to determine is the advisability for granting its support to the 
provisions of House bill 18005. By some this bill is considered a 
radical diversion from accustomed methods of agricultural education, 
but radical diversions are sometimes productive of much good and 
are but steps used in the progression of the human race. That to 
which we were accustomed years ago is now often considered obso- 
lete and not for the best interests of the people. Undoubtedly you 
will l)e uiterested in hearing some of our reasons why we think this 
bill should receive your favorable consideration and support. 

The State fair is recognized as a beneficial institution in a great 
number of our States, and as such receive legislative support. Some 
of the causes for such action are that no single institution of learn- 
ing has contributed to such a great extent in accenuating the desire 
for pedigreed stock as has the State, district, and county fair. Here 
are seen the best type of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine — the fin- 
ished product, for which every farmer is striving to attain. Here 
are seen the best fowls for farm use, the best products of the soil, the 
best methods of cultivation, the best arrangement for farm buildings 
and fields, the best methods of rotation of crops, the balanced ration 
for feeding, the various methods for the water supply, and the best 
lighting plant, and many other educational features. Here, also, is 
seen all kinds of farm machinery, so that should a farmer have the 
purchase of any particular machine m view, by attending any one of 
our great State fairs he can see all of the leadmg makes exhibited 
side by side, with an expert m charge, who exemplifies its particular 
merits, making it possible for him to make a judicial selection for the 
uses desired. 

Some may say that such instruction at most of the fairs only lasts 
five days each year. We will grant that such is the case. The 
persons who attend are the busy men — the men of affairs, the men 
who provide the sinews to carry on the affairs of the county, vState, 
and Nation; the men who have no time for extended schooling at 
the experimental stations of schools, but must gather their informa- 
tion from object lessons, the press, and actual experience. The 
school holding 180 days each year must have about 600 students to 
equal an attendance of 100,000, and we think that this number is 
about the average attendance for all of the State fairs. Many of 
them have several times this number. Therefore, as an educational 
institution, it is but just to compare its efficiency with that of the 
school with like attendance, and we believe it is superior from the 



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fact that an object lesson is the very best from, which permanent 
instruction can be obtained. 

An objection raised is that the provisions of the bih are not broad 
enough; that it should take in fairs owned by municipalities and 
other quasi public corporations. Were it possible to make such a 
proceeding constitutional, we would cheerfully say "Amen," for we 
are firm in our belief that more solid practical instruction is imparted 
for the money expended than by any of the present recognized 
generally subsidized methods. 

We also believe that the conditions of this bill are broad enough 
to permit each State to participate in its benefits. Section 2 of the 
bill sets forth: 

That the appropriation herein made shall inure only to the use of those States 
which now or hereafter shall by statute recognize and make appropriation toward 
the establishment and support of a State fair or exposition upon land owned by and 
under control of the State or a State board created by legislative enactment, and no 
money shall be paid out under this act to any State failing to comply with the above 
provisions. 

Generally on close examination we find that States recognizing 
State fairs are those which have been settled within the lifetime of 
some of us who are present. We are well aware that every new 
country makes strenuous effort for quick settlement, and thereby 
grasp every opportunity for advancement, probably from the idea 
that publicity pa3^s the community as well as the individual. This 
may account for the lack of recognition of State fairs by the older 
settled States, as the evolution of older conmiunities is exceedingly 
conservative. It may also be considered doubtful if all the States 
would come in under this act, as many of the large fairs are in the 
hands of business men who find it a profitable investment for sur- 
plus funds. Many such organizations, however, would gladly assist 
in securing legislative sanction to the provisions of this bill in the 
hope of broadening the fair's scope of usefulness to their community 
and State. Sections 2 and 6, as above stated, place the acceptation 
of its provisions wholly within the hands of the people of each indi- 
vidual State, and is broad enough that all may avail themselves of 
the opportunity offered. If all accept, it will mean an appropriation 
of $4,800,000 spread out over a period of several years. This marks 
the limit, as no other congressional appropriation for upkeep is 
necessary. 

In the past the assistance of Congress has been solicited and by it 
granted in the holding of great national expositions at some certain 
point representative of the idea to be commemorated. Large 
appropriations for such occasions, lasting but for one season, have 
been made generally with popular commendation. However, when 
it is fully realized that the great distance to be traveled and the time 
necessarily taken has made it absolutel}^ impossible for the busy 
man or the poor man to avail himself of the opportunity offered for 
visiting these great national fairs, which fact primarily makes such 
appropriations especially for the benefit of the rich or well-to-do 
class of our citizenship, while an appropriation under this bill would 
not only make it possible to construct a creditable exposition in each 
State for the housing of an exhibit of the State's resources in a build- 
ing or buildings such as in many cases can not now be enjoyed, 
would give the busy man, or the less well to do, an opportunity to 
visit an exposition of merit close at home, neither entailing a great 



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loss of time nor expense. This "not well-to-do" class oftentimes 
includes many of our most industrious citizens, those upon whom 
the manual labor of life falls, those who are the bulwark of this great 
Republic, and whose happiness is so easily overlooked. Through 
the passage of this bill tJiey are the men, now deprived, who -mil 
secure an added opportunity for information of a valuable character 
coupled with good wholesome enjoyment. 

One of the conditions mentioned in section 5 is ''that the Gov- 
ernment of the United States hereby reserves not to exceed twenty 
per centum of the space within said building so erected for depart- 
mental exhibits" by giving 30 days' notice. This provision may not 
be clearly understood. For several years it has been customary 
throughout the more purely agricultural States to make naval exhib- 
its at the State fair. According to statements made by recruiting 
officers, the boys from the rural districts are better specimens of 
manhood, make sturdier soldiers, and are not addicted to cigarettes 
and other health-undermining vicious habits. Therefore enlist- 
ments made from the agricultural States are a paying proposition 
for the Government, and exhibits made for the purpose of inducing 
a sturdy class of recruits is desirable to the Government for future 
results. 

Fairs managed by private corporations are oftentimes very suc- 
cessful when located adjacent to great centers of population or enjoy- 
ing special railroad privileges, such as obtain in Texas, for instance, 
where a ridiculously low rate is made for a trip to Dallas and return 
from the extreme parts of this great empire. However, in these days 
of attempted railroad legislation it is an extremely difficult task to 
obtain passenger-rate concessions in territory enjoying a less than 
3 cent per mile rate. 

Some of the State fairs already have well-ecjuipped grounds, as 
some of the following values of plant will testify. On looking over 
the statistical figures coming under my notice I find as follows: 

Illinois U, 106, 615. 00 



Texas. 

Iowa 

New York. 
Minnesota . 
Indiana... 



, 087, 500. 00 
900, 000. 00 
850, 000. 00 
736, 140. 00 
642, 000. 00 



Michigan |602, 911. 48 

Oklahoma 331, 583. 29 

California 300, 000. 00 

Nebraska 283, 694. 00 

Wisconsin 250, 000. 00 



Some of the appropriations made for State fair assistance are as 
follows : 





1901 


1903 


1905 


1907 


1909 


1911 


Califorma 










$110,000 

15,000 

400 


$55,009 


Colorado 






$15,000 


$15,000 


20, 000 


r,nnnp.f>t,ifint, 






700 


Illinois. . . 










1 448, 600 


Indiana 








100, 000 
75,000 

149, 000 
69, 600 
24,000 

300,000 
1,500 
10, 000 


10,000 
100,000 


10,000 


Iowa 


S37, 000 
59,000 
75, 000 
39,000 

125,000 
1,500 


§47, 000 
30,000 
125, 000 
7,000 
75, 000 
1,500 
10,000 


"ii6,'666' 

145,000 
14,000 

125,000 
1,500 
10,000 


85,000 




4,000 


Missouri. 






Nebraska 


54,000 

400, 000 

1,500 

10,000 


19,000 


New York 


500,000 


North Carolina 


1,500 


North Dakota 


10, 000 


South Dakota 




70,000 


Tennessee 


10, 000 

30,000 

4,000 


10,000 
30,000 
20,000 


10,000 
30,000 
50,000 


10. 000 
30,000 
65,000 


10,000 

30, 000 

2 150,000 

7,500 


10,000 


Washington 


30,000 








7.500 















1 In 10 years. 



- For 3 years. 



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We also find that the receipts for tickets alone at some of the 
fairs to be m 1911 : 



Nebraska, in 5 days 166, 752. 20 

Indiana, in 5 days 65, 489. 75 

California, in 5 days 56, 904. 00 

Wisconsin, in 5 days 51, 128. 01 



Texas, in 17 days $150, 000. 00 

Iowa, in 7 days 1 21, 505. 50 

Minnesota, in 7 days 112, 709. 85 

Illinois, in 5 days.' 78, 002. 75 

Michigan, in 5 days 76, 373. 95 

Gentlemen, this House bill 18005 is not seeking for special favors 
for any part of this great country, but is giving each one of you an 
opportunity to by your vote and voice participate in the location 
and construction of a lasting monument, at which a large number 
of your citizenship will annually gather to proclaim the greatness 
of your State and hold out to the world the pleasures and benefits 
of living in the best State of the best country on earth. 

The Chairman. Virginia has got a State fair; you have not got 
a report of Virgmia. 

Mr. Mellor. They have not reported to me. 

Mr. Hawley. Oregon has a large fair. 

Mr. Mellor. I have written to Mr. Merth, and I guess he is away 
from home. 

The CHAiRMivN. I invite you to come down in Virginia and see 
ourfair. 

Mr. Mellor. I have written your secretary. I have a table of 
appropriations made; that is, by some of the States. I do not 
know whether you would consider that material or not. I have here 
California, 1907, appropriated $110,000, and in 1910, $55,000. 

Mr. RuBEY. I would suggest you put those figures in the record. 

Mr. Plltmley. I hate to have that go in there and have my State 
left out. 

Mr. Mellor. I wrote your secretary. 

Mr. Hawley. I suggest he complete it and put it in. 

Mr. Mellor. Yes; I will do so. 

Mr. PuLMLEY, Yes; when it is completed. 

Mr. Mellor. I will be pleased to write for all these and have 
them sent to the clerk or sent to Mr. Maguire. These States have 
not responded. Some of them I may get to-day. Two of them have 
arrived since I got here yesterday, and it might be some of the others 
will arrive shortly, but I should be pleased to have you get the com- 
pleted statement. 

The Chairman. Can you get it in time to go into this record ? 

Mr. Mellor. I will try to. When have you got to have it ? 

The Chairman. Can you get it here in a month? 

Mr. Mellor. Yes, inside of that I think. I shall go to work right 
on the spur of the moment of getting home and try to get all these 
figures. 

Mr. Plumley. We have State land and the fair owns its own 
ground. 

l^lr. Mellor. I have written Mr. Davis two or three letters, but 
some of the gentlemen who are secretaries lay them down and do 
not think to take them up. They do not think they need answering 
right away, and possibly have been a little bit slow about answering. 

Mr. Simmons. What is your intention about this ? A great many 
of the States have already erected buildings for this very purpose, and^ 
the appropriation is for the erection of buildings. Now, where build- 



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ings have been erected, and it is not necessary for tliem to duplicate 
them, they have already sufficient space to make these exhibits. 

Mr. Mellor. I do not think any State fair ground has buildings 
enough for all of the things mentioned in this bill; that is, for agricul- 
tural, horticultural, or industrial exhibits. I think that any of them 
v/ould be pleased to secure a good permanent building along that line. 
But it is not so important for the State that is well equipped, possibly 
like Ohio, or maybe Minnesota, as it is for States like North Carolina 
or South Carolina or Georgia or Vermont, or some of the States that 
are not so fortunate. 

The Chairman. Where a State has these buildings, what would you 
do with the fund ? 

Mr. Mellor. They can use it only under the provisions of the bill, 
Mr. Lamb, because that is the only thing the bill allows; and if they 
can not use it under the jTro visions of the bill, of course they could not 
secure the appropriation. Now, Mr. Rosejohn and Mr. Pogue are 
here, and possibly you would like to hear them. 

Mr. Rosejohn. We have not anything. Mr. Mellor has covered 
the ground fully. 

Mr. Simmons. I want to ask Mr. Mellor how much appropriation 
the State must make in order to entitle us to the provisions of the 
bill. How much they must have. 

Mr. Mellor. The bill does not provide for the State making any 
appropriation whatever. 

Mr. Simmons. It must have land? 

Mr. Mellor. It must have land or land under the control of the 
State board, created by legislative enactment. The idea of that is 
that I fuid that in the States of Indiana and Illinois, for instance, 
the title to the land vests in the State board of agriculture, that is a 
State board created by legislative enactment; it belongs to the State 
practically, and I thuik it is but just and fair to say that that is 
State land. 

Mr. Simmons. Practically it must be land upon which this build- 
ing can be placed that the State owns, or the State board ? 

Mr. Mellor. Or the State board, recognized by legislative enact- 
ment. 

Mr. Simmons. And it must make annual appropriations for the 
support of the State fair? 

Mr. Mellor. No; it does not say it must. I tell you where it is 
not necessary. A great many of these State fairs are self-su pport ing. 
Now, take Nebraska, for instance. We have put on about $140,000 
out of the profits of the fair, so that it is not absolutely necessary to 
make appropriations for its support, but it is necessary to make ap- 
propriations for large buildings, because these profits come in small 
dribs, possibly $8,000 or $10,000, where large buildings cost a great 
amount of money as you are all und oubtedly aware. 

Mr. Simmons. On page 1, according to that they must make some 
appropriation, but no amount is mentioned. 

Mr. Mellor. Yes; they make some appropriation, maybe a couple 
of thousand dollars for premiums, or something like that. 

Mr. Simmons. Some appropriations ? 

Mr. Mellor. Yes. 

Mr. WiCKLiFFE. I should like to state my colleague, Judge Wat- 
kins, of Louisiana, requested me to let him know when the hearings 



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would take place on this measure; he requested to be here, and I 
would like to ask at what time the continuation of the hearings will 
be? 

The Chairman. This is just done to oblige Mr. Maguire. 

Mr. WiCKLiFFE. There will be further hearings, will there ? 

Mr. Mellor. I am at your pleasure. I would not dictate to you 
gentlemen. 

The Chairman. So far as that is concerned 

Mr. WiCKLiFFE (mterposmg) . Do not let me intimate I desire to 
displace you or any one with your party at this time. I was only 
mentioning that to remind the gentlemen so that they would not 
overlook giving Judge Watkms a chance. 

Mr. Mellor. I know what the idea to be expressed is. Mr. 
Brugerhoff is a very respected member of our American Fairs and 
Associations, attends the convention every year, and Mr. Brugerhoff 
is the secretary of the Shreveport fair, and it is not now a fair that is 
owned by the State, or under provision that would receive support 
without legislative action. 

Mr. WiCKLiFFE. That is a matter with my colleague, Judge 
Watson. 

Mr. Mellor. Yes; that is what Judge Watkins wants to be 
heard on. 

Mr. WiCKLiFFE. He asked me, as I was a member of the committee, 
to request a chance to be heard. That is the object of my request. 

The Chairman. We have not anybody else to be heard now? 

Mr. Mellor. No. 

The Chairman. Do you want Judge Watkins to be heard, Mr. 
Maguire, at any time? 

Mr. Maguire. Certainly; whenever it is convenient for Repre- 
sentative Watkins and the committee to have a hearing I would be 
glad to have him present his views on the bill. 

Mr. Plumley. Would you like to have the hearing while Mr. Mellor 
is here, so he might know ? 

Mr. Mellor. Well, I know that is the object of the hearmg, 
because Mr. Brugerhoff has so advised me that he has asked the 
gentlemen to put forth the claim of recognizing a fair owned by a 
municipality, but, gentlemen, that is almost absolutely impossible 
for the constitutionality of the act. 

Mr. WiCKLiFFE. I would suggest, though that is a matter I am not 
in position to say one way or the other about, as it is a matter that 
appertains to my colleague, in his district, and, with all due deference 
to Mr. Mellor, if he will give my colleague a chance to be present when 
he discusses it, it would be fair to all concerned. 

Mr. Hawley. We have a meeting this afternoon. We might 
take a few minutes at the beginning of the meeting and hear your 
colleague. 

The Chairman. I do not think we could interfere with that sub- 
committee. We would just encroach on that time. I have no 
objection, of course, to hearing you gentlemen a short time to-morrow 
morning. 

Mr. Mellor. As far as I am concerned I am just as free to say 
that I am willing to have these gentlemen come and talk to you in 
my absence, because I put forth our side of the question, and I will 
leave you to judge as to the merits of both sides. That is fair, and 



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11 



it is not necessary that I should stay, because I have no refutation 
to make. I should be pleased to see every municipality have a 
building, because I actually think — I am firm in my belief — that 
this is an educational feature that is second to none, but it is a ques- 
tion of constitutionality. We fought that out on the floor of the 
American Fairs and Expositions. Mr. Brugerhoff difl'ered with me 
honestly, and he said that under their plans that they could not 
participate without getting the legislature to make some enactment 
for them. Now, I said to him: "Get your legislature to make the 
enactment, so that you can participate. I think the legislature 
would do it, because it is of va,lue to Louisiana." 



state. 


Appro- 
priations. 


Tickets. 


Total. 


Premiums. 


Improve- 
ments. 


Total. 


Value. 


Alabama 


$4,000 


$43,000.00 
13,905.25 
56,904.00 
11.965.00 
39^904.75 
19,350.00 


$5,040.00 
26,503.60 
89,964.08 
22, 260. 19 
78,673.73 
35,150.00 


$15,110.50 
9, 195. 41 
38,696.95 
8,301.00 
32,099.00 
8,447.00 


$5,000.00 
2, 440. 15 

88,216.95 
2,838.05 
1,500.00 
1,700.00 


$50,000.00 
26; 680. 02 

389,964.08 
34,938.00 
69,352.85 
20,639.00 


$150,000.00 
105,000.00 


California 

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Georgia 


55,000 

20,000 

700 


300,000.00 
50,000.00 

225,000.00 
85 000.00 


Idaho 






Illinois 


5,000 
10,000 
85,000 


78,002.75 
65,489.75 
121,505.50 
38, 469. 00 
38,854.00 
25,000.00 


136, 602. 30 
110,345.23 
179,549.67 
65, .198. 00 
68,054.05 


44, 444. 46 
46,623.69 
56,364.35 
34,390.00 
25,444.00 


811.58 

10,279.80 

109,775.04 

12,315.00 

4,192.53 


160,158.73 
100, 468. 82 
137,867.51 
53,475.00 
70,096.19 


1 106 615 00 


Indiana 


602,000.00 
900,000.00 
71,500.00 
150,000.00 
300,000.00 


Kansas 


Kentucky 


15,000 
1 40,000 


Maine 










Maryland 


800 




17,542.43 


8, 194. 50 




16,692.51 


37,500.00 


Massacliusetts 




Micliigan 




76,373.95 
112,709.85 


217, 441. 60 

267,849.97 

41,732.42 

91,865.68 


46,829.38 
54,340.50 


18,615.04 
32,882.58 


155,206.36 

263,559.84 

41,673.28 

99,079.51 


602.911.48 


Minnesota.. . ., 


4,000 


736, 140. 00 
41,000.00 


Missouri 

Montana 


2 605,000 


35,864.25 


33,711.59 


23,400.00 


475,147.15 


Nebraska 


19,000 


66,752.20 


125,107.83 


29,477.18 


33,694.00 


87,091.23 


283,694.00 


Nevada 


New Hampshire. . . 
















New Jersey 




8, 452. 63 


86,773.95 


16,501.45 


9,612.00 


71,127.44 


175,000.00 


New Mexico 






New York 


500,000 

18,000 

15,000 

2397,000 




318,976.64 
34,718.04 
42, 179. 30 
92,257.70 

99,615.-50 
57,381.81 






232,833.24 
31,920.73 
43,036.88 
92,257.70 

110,735.51 
66, 151. 72 


850,000.00 


North Carolina 

North Dakota 

Ohio 


14,359.75 
17,314.65 
62,715.70- 

43,080.70 
19,277.95 


4, 216. 44 
5,241.95 
38,625.30 

16,097.74 
16,815.00 


4,627.40 
3,224.56 


90, 176. 70 

78, 187. 67 

2,000,000.00 

331,. 583. 29 


Oklahoma (school 
land) 


33,530.69 
6,572.32 


Oregon 

Pennsylvania 


23,566 


94,800.00 


















South Dakota 

Tennessee 


28,000 
10,000 


27, 152. 25 
34.827.00 
120,351.25 


41,873.90 
60,868.00 
187,903.03 


11,277.53 
23,909.63 
41,159.75 


4, 969. 67 

6,400.00 

44,594.44 


41,873.90 
60,320.87 
143,644.70 


90,000.00 
100,000.00 


Texas 


1,007,500.00 


Utah.. 






10,000 


21,000.00 


30,200.00 


17,000.00 




26,700.00 


50,000.00 








Washington. 


15,000 


15,230.25 


46, 637. 97 


9,021.61 


5,897.62 


46,310.43 


70,000.00 


Wisconsin 

Wyoming. . . 


65,000 
7,500 


51,128.01 
4, 160. 25 


115,298.95 
2,098.35 


43,824.83 
4,010.48 


8,144.98 
3,979.05 


114,650.20 
10,185.37 


250,000.00 
17,800.00 







' 6 years. 2 10 years. 

Arizona, Delaware, Florida, and Rhode Island not included; no record. 



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